Hello! Some of you may recognize me as one of those "way back when" Wish Trip mum's from the earlier days of this thread. Since then, we've had a few trips back to WDW with our sons (one, our Wish kid, has cerebral palsy and other medical issues) so I try to pop in and offer advice on wish trip and special needs at WDW etc when I can...
And now I'm asking for a wee bit of help for a friend and her son.
I love to keep hearing how GKTW continues to touch so many lives. A long standing and dear friend of mine who lives way over in San Francisco (we live in Toronto, Canada) has a son who is doing a project to support GKTW (see below). You can read below that he had a specal guest planning to help out, but...so sad...that young man lost his battle to cancer after his wish was granted, but before he could help Tyler. I'm going to help her son by providing a video, but I thought maybe my Wish Tripper friends here could help him too.
For those of you who have experienced GKTW, how can you describe...in a single phrase, even a single word...how the experience impacted your Wish Child, your family, and you as a parent?
For me, the word is: uplifting. I felt as though for one week, our heavy burden was being shared by a loving community of angels.
Any thought for Tyler to share with his community?
Here's what my friend wrote:
"Tyler, my 7th grade son is doing a big philanthropy project on GKTW. He did a whole fund raising campaign with a poster board and all that but this week he needs to do an oral presentation to his school. One of my patients, an 8th grader with cancer was a guest there and we were going to have him come and speak for a couple of minutes, but sadly he passed away
I am wondering if you and or your son would feel comfortable taping a short video - something that said what it meant for him to be a guest, how he felt being there, if it made a positive impact on his life- and maybe you talking about how you felt as a parent of a kid with special needs, being taken care of in that way, as a mom - you know? If he didnt feel comfortable, it could just be you, if you want. I just felt like it would be so much more powerful coming from someone who really went through the experience of being there and having a "wish trip". Feeling normal, taken care of etc."
We are so proud. Head on over to my page or our blog http://gingersnaphappy.blogspot.com/ to read all about it!
We have been working out in the yard and garden all weekend. It has been beautiful!!
Still no dates yet though. 
I don't want to miss anything!!!!!
